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| − | + | [[Image:Australian Shoveler 2A pb.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Male<br />Photo © by {{user|Tony+Brown|Tony Brown}} <br />Lake Monger, [[Perth area|Perth]], [[Australia]]]] | |
| − | + | '''Alternative name: Australian Shoveler''' | |
| − | [[Image: | + | ;[[:Category:Spatula|Spatula]] rhynchotis |
==Identification== | ==Identification== | ||
| − | 46-56cm | + | 46-56cm |
| + | *Long, spatulate bill | ||
| + | '''Male'''<br /> | ||
| + | [[Image:1568shoveller fem DSCN00861.JPG|thumb|350px|right|Female<br />Photo © by {{user|Neil|Neil}}<br />Sydney,Australia, February 2004]] | ||
| + | *Blue-grey head, with a vertical white crescent | ||
| + | *Chestnut sides | ||
| + | *Blue forewing | ||
| + | *White underwing shows in flight<br /> | ||
| + | '''Female'''<br /> | ||
| + | *Overall rufous-brown plumage, with darker streaks on upperparts | ||
| + | *Buffish feather edges | ||
==Distribution== | ==Distribution== | ||
| − | + | [[Australasia]]: found in south-western and south-eastern [[Australia]] including [[Tasmania]], and [[New Zealand]]. | |
| + | [[Image:Shoveler261108a.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Eclipse of subspecies ''variegata''<br />Photo © by the late '''[http://www.birdforum.net/gallery/showgallery.php/ppuser/67980/cat/500 Rookery]'''<br />Cape Kidnappers, [[New Zealand]], November 2008]] | ||
| + | ==Taxonomy== | ||
| + | Formerly placed in the genus ''[[:Category:Anas|Anas]]''. | ||
| + | ====Subspecies==== | ||
| + | Two subspecies are recognized<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>. | ||
| + | *''S. r. rhynchotis'' | ||
| + | :*southwestern and eastern [[Australia]], including [[Tasmania]] | ||
| + | *''S. r. variegata'' | ||
| + | :*[[New Zealand]] | ||
| − | + | Some authorities treat this as a [[Dictionary_M-O#M|monotypic]] species<sup>[[#References|[2]]]</sup>.<br /> | |
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==Habitat== | ==Habitat== | ||
| − | + | A wide variety of wetlands; prefers large permanent lakes or swamp that have abundant shrubbery cover of melaleuca and cumbungi.<br /> Only an infrequent user of mangrove swamps, floodwaters, sewage farms. | |
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==Behaviour== | ==Behaviour== | ||
| − | The diet includes herbs, grasses, pondweeds, wigeon grass, eelgrass, and algae. | + | ====Diet==== |
| + | The diet includes a wide variety of vegetable matter: herbs, grasses, pondweeds, wigeon grass, eelgrass, and algae. | ||
| + | ====Breeding==== | ||
| + | Seven or eight eggs are laid and incubated for 25-26 days; the young fledge after 40-45 days. | ||
| + | ==Gallery== | ||
| + | Click on photo for larger image | ||
| + | <gallery> | ||
| + | Image:190609bluewing.jpg|Sub Adult or Non breeding Male<br />Photo © by {{user|aussietrev|aussietrev}}<br />[[Queensland]], [[Australia]], June 2009 | ||
| + | </gallery> | ||
| + | ==References== | ||
| + | #{{Ref-Clements6thOct22}}#{{Ref-GillDonskerRasmussen22V12.2}}#Avibase | ||
| + | #Animal Bytes | ||
| + | #Birdforum Member observations | ||
| + | *[http://www.arthurgrosset.com/ozbirds/australianshoveler.html Arthur Grosset's Birds] | ||
| + | {{ref}} | ||
| + | ==External Links== | ||
| − | + | {{GSearch|Shoveler+rhynchotis}} | |
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| − | {{GSearch| | ||
| − | [[Category:Birds]] | + | [[Category:Birds]][[Category:Spatula]] |
| + | {{GS-checked}} | ||
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Latest revision as of 00:22, 26 October 2022
Alternative name: Australian Shoveler
- Spatula rhynchotis
Identification
46-56cm
- Long, spatulate bill
Male
- Blue-grey head, with a vertical white crescent
- Chestnut sides
- Blue forewing
- White underwing shows in flight
Female
- Overall rufous-brown plumage, with darker streaks on upperparts
- Buffish feather edges
Distribution
Australasia: found in south-western and south-eastern Australia including Tasmania, and New Zealand.
Eclipse of subspecies variegata
Photo © by the late Rookery
Cape Kidnappers, New Zealand, November 2008
Photo © by the late Rookery
Cape Kidnappers, New Zealand, November 2008
Taxonomy
Formerly placed in the genus Anas.
Subspecies
Two subspecies are recognized[1].
- S. r. rhynchotis
- S. r. variegata
Some authorities treat this as a monotypic species[2].
Habitat
A wide variety of wetlands; prefers large permanent lakes or swamp that have abundant shrubbery cover of melaleuca and cumbungi.
Only an infrequent user of mangrove swamps, floodwaters, sewage farms.
Behaviour
Diet
The diet includes a wide variety of vegetable matter: herbs, grasses, pondweeds, wigeon grass, eelgrass, and algae.
Breeding
Seven or eight eggs are laid and incubated for 25-26 days; the young fledge after 40-45 days.
Gallery
Click on photo for larger image
Sub Adult or Non breeding Male
Photo © by aussietrev
Queensland, Australia, June 2009
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, T. A. Fredericks, J. A. Gerbracht, D. Lepage, S. M. Billerman, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2022. The eBird/Clements checklist of Birds of the World: v2022. Downloaded from https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Gill, F, D Donsker, and P Rasmussen (Eds). 2022. IOC World Bird List (v 12.2) DRAFT. Doi 10.14344/IOC.ML.12.2. http://www.worldbirdnames.org/
- Avibase
- Animal Bytes
- Birdforum Member observations
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Australasian Shoveler. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 21 May 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Australasian_Shoveler
External Links
GSearch checked for 2020 platform.
